UkrFerry
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Sea transport |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Headquarters | Odesa, Ukraine |
Key people | Oleksandr Kurlyand (President) |
| Products | Ferries, port services, passenger transportation, freight transportation, holidays, business travel |
| Revenue |  ₴1.899 million (2011)[1] |
Number of employees | 300[2] |
| Website | www.ukrferry.com |
UkrFerry Shipping Company (Ukrainian: СК Укрферрі) is a ferry operator at the Black Sea, with ferry services serving Ukraine, Bulgaria, Turkey, and Georgia. The company's fleet consists of four ship type RORO and ROPAX generally with 34,000 DWT.
Routes
[edit]- Chornomorsk - Batumi: Greifswald
- Kerch - Poti: Heroes of Shipka, Heroes of Pleven, Heroes of Odesa, Heroes of Sevastopol
- Chornomorsk - Derince: Heroes of Shipka, Heroes of Pleven
- Chornomorsk - Varna: Heroes of Shipka, Heroes of Pleven, Heroes of Odesa, Heroes of Sevastopol
- Varna - Batumi: Heroes of Shipka, Heroes of Pleven, Heroes of Odesa, Heroes of Sevastopol
- Odesa - Istanbul: Caledonia (route suspended since 2010)
- Chornomorsk - Haydarpaşa
Fleet
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Current ships
[edit]Two out of three ships are owned by the Danish DFDS. All ships built at the Mathias-Thesen Werft in Wismar as EGF-321 class ferries.
| Name[3] | Built | Tonnage | Passengers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vilnius Seaways[4][5] |
1987, East Germany | 22,341 | 132 | The world's largest car-rail passenger ferry according to the Guinness World Records. |
| Kaunas Seaways |
1989, East Germany | 25,606 | 250 | |
 Greifswald |
1988, East Germany | 24,084 | 150 |
References
[edit]- ^ Чистая прибыль “Укрферри” — 1,9 млн. гривен (The pure revenue of UkrFerry is 1.9 mln hryvnia). Interfax-Ukraine. March 26, 2012
- ^ Рейдеры топят Ukrferry (Raiders are drowning Ukrferry). hvylya.org. February 13, 2012
- ^ До конца лета украинские паромы сделают 5 рейсов из Ильичевска в Поти . August 22, 2008
- ^ World's largest ferry Vilnius Seaways takes Illichivsk-Poti route. July 9, 2013
- ^ World's largest ferry Vilnius Seaways takes Illichivsk-Poti route. July 9, 2013
External links
[edit]- UkrFerry - Official site
- Caledonia - Official site of the UkrFerry Caledonia
- GUAM official website
- UkrFerry - Company Profile on Maritime Zone
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